| Solution | Go to Log View -> Logs (in older versions select: FortiGate) -> Select the type of Logs. e.g. Traffic. (Search filters can be added). At the bottom of the screen, it shows 'x.x seconds' Select that to view the total logs. 
V7.4.x (v7.4.4 and higher) does not show the total count, instead, the total count is fetched by selecting the 'Get Total Count' button. 
The total log count of Log View can be fetched using API: - Create a log search to generate a Task ID 'tid: (Search filters can be added. Here a filter is added to search all logs with action 'all-accept').
{
"id": "2",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "add",
"params": [
{
"case-sensitive": false,
"filter": "smart_action=\"all-accept\"",
"logtype": "traffic",
"time-order": "desc",
"time-range": {
"start": "2024-09-16 09:42:38",
"end": "2024-12-25 09:42:38"
},
"limit": 50,
"url": "/logview/adom/{{ADOM}}/logsearch/",
"device": [
{
"devid": "All_FortiGate"
}
],
"apiver": 3
}
],
"session": "{{session}}"
} Sample output: 
- Use the 'tid' from step #1 to get the log count:
{
"id": "3",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "get",
"params": [
{
"url": "/logview/adom/{{ADOM}}/logsearch/count/{{tid}}",
"apiver": 3
}
],
"session": "{{session}}"
}
Sample output:
Note: To get a final 'matched-logs' counter for a large volume of logs, it may be necessary to send an API request with the same 'tid' multiple times until 'progress-percent: 100' is received in the API response. 2026-02-17 18:08:52 [T3722:fazsvc_session.c:1952] jsonapi response={ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "3", "result": { "total-logs": 1817001, "scanned-logs": 208111, "matched-logs": 168115, "elapsed-time-ms": 1, "estimated-remain-sec": 0, "progress-percent": 0, "status": { "code": 0, "message": "succeeded" } } }.
2026-02-17 18:08:57 [T3722:fazsvc_session.c:1952] jsonapi response={ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "3", "result": { "total-logs": 1817001, "scanned-logs": 208111, "matched-logs": 168115, "elapsed-time-ms": 4959, "estimated-remain-sec": 7, "progress-percent": 11, "status": { "code": 0, "message": "succeeded" } } }.
2026-02-17 18:09:01 [T3721:fazsvc_session.c:1952] jsonapi response={ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "3", "result": { "total-logs": 1817001, "scanned-logs": 1817001, "matched-logs": 1507790, "elapsed-time-ms": 5, "estimated-remain-sec": 0, "progress-percent": 100, "status": { "code": 0, "message": "succeeded" } } }. Related articles: |
